Western North Carolina – Aglow Area Team
January 27, 2008
From Area President’s PenDear Leaders,
We all have increasingly become aware of the WIND OF GOD that has been blowing and many of you, as we are, have been experiencing a holding pattern. When the wind’s begin to pick up around us it requires greater ‘discernment and preparation’ as we press into the Wind to find our way. It takes strength, courage, determination and discernment.
Nehemiah rallied for one purpose in preparing for the War and preparing for the Building up the Walls/Gates of the City.
Yes, we have crossed over. We are identifying, preparing to multiply and advance. We need our eyes wide open to see what the needs are, consecrate our hearts for the journey that lies before each of us and prepare our teams to overcome so that we can Advance and Establish God’s Kingdom in our cities.
In this Newsletter, Pam Smith VP of Leadership, felt lead by the Holy Spirit to include what others (Delores Medley, Delores Hendley and Prayer Team Members) of the Body of Christ are hearing for WNC. As we do this, we are receiving the whole council of God.
So, join us as we gain strength and courage from one another to obtain discernment and determination to run the race that has been set before us.
Also be sure to make plans for each member of every Lighthouse Team and those serious about Aglow, to join us the 2nd weekend in April.
Nancy McGuirk will be joining us for a “special time of fellowship for our Leadership Gathering”.
Some of you will miss your lighthouse meeting, please know we understand, yet there are times when even Jesus drew away from the crowd’s to be with the Father. This will be a special time that will build you up so you can give out.
“Be Strong and of good Courage for the Lord your God goes with you”
Scripture to meditate on 2 Chron. 7:14, Nehemiah, Joshua 1,2,3,4, 2 Chron. 22, 2 Chron 8:1.
Running the race with you,
Jana Comer, Area President, WNCUpcoming Events
2008 Israel Tour May 8–18th 2008
“A Voice For The Times”
2008 US Conference
September 26th-28th
Washington DC
Volunteers are still needed to help put conference together.
Please contact Arvie Murff at
WNC Leadership Gathering 2008
Friday, April 11th-Saturday April 12th
Special Guest: Nancy McGuirk
Additional details forthcoming.
Advancing the Kingdom
Vision for WNC – Jana Comer, Area President
“Unto us a great and effectual door is opened” 1 Corinthians 16:9.
“We are in 170 Nations, with Men groups in 10 Nations”
Eph 2: 19-22 (paraphrased The Message)
Christ brought us together through his death and resurrection. God is building a home (in WNC). He’s using us all---irrespective of how we got here---in what He is building (in WNC). He used the apostles and prophets for the foundation (Aglow Int’l. and Delores Medley’s vision for WNC -LYN). Now He’s using you, fitting you in brick by brick, stone by stone, (each LTH and AT) with Christ Jesus as the cornerstone that holds all the parts together. We see it taking shape day after day---a Holy Temple (individually and corporately) built by God, all of us built into it, a temple in which God is quite at home.
Dear Lighthouse Leaders,
As we move forward with God’s plans for ‘Transformation and Restoration’ there is much preparation in the “Building Process’. As I shared in my letter a few months ago. There are 4 requirements (listed below) that the Lord showed me we would need to put in place to “ADAVANCE HIS KINGDOM IN WNC:
1} IDENTIFICATION ~ Nehemiah saw his homeland in need of much repair, walls and gates were broken down, and his people scattered. He prayed for forgiveness and He sought God’s heart and surveyed the needs in the land. He rallied the leaders to oversee the areas in need of repair. They renewed their commitments and did not neglect the House of the Lord (House of Aglow). They put their “SWORDS” in one hand and did there work with the other. They worked in unity with one another and with all their hearts. They set up guards day and night.
Neh. 1, 2, 3 and 4: 6,9,17.18. Neh. 10:5, 9, 11, 39. They brought their contributions into the storehouses along with the GATEKEEPERS and WORSHIPERS;they said “We will not neglect the house of our God. (House of Aglow} See also 2 Chron. 7:14, Isa. 58 Exodus 23:20-25.
2} PREPARATION ~ David desired to build a Holy Temple for God and yet God gave the task to the next generation, his son Solomon to build it, yet David made the preparation and the provision for its building. David prepared to fulfill God’s heart for the next generation. 1 Chron. 22.
3} MULTIPLICATION ~ Solomon built the Temple for God and then turned his energies into building people and its cities. He relocated the people; He fought and conquered the enemies of God. He built cities, He fortified them, He built up the Body of Christ to govern the people and He followed his father’s instructions and ultimately He multiplied what God gave him and satisfied His heart, he prepared for the next generation, just as his father David did, but he multiplied what he had and advanced the Kingdom of God. 2 Chron. 8:1-6.
4} ADVANCING ~ Joshua consecrated his heart and the hearts of the people. He established God’s presence and advanced the kingdom wherever God lead him. He obtained strategy to prepare the people for the crossing over into their Promised Land. He identified the needs and what held them back, He prepared and consecrated their hearts. God multiplied there resources and through their obedience and courage, God gave them Victory and they took the Land. They advanced the Kingdom of God.! Josh.1, 2, 3, 4.
God is looking for a dwelling place in each of our hearts as well our lighthouses to make an impact on our Cities for God. He is looking for Warrior Brides, where each of us are carrying our swords, and establishing His presence in our Cities. He’s looking for leaders willing to lay aside their agenda’s to get His, for the building up of the Body of Christ through Aglow to “Establish His Presence and Take the Land for the Kingdom of God!”
You have already been receiving much news from us and International on the “I” Mandate. North Carolina especially Western has been infiltrated with many cells groups. We need to be “Establishing His Presence” to push the darkness out.
We are making plans for visiting each of you in the coming year, to assist in the restoration process of rebuilding any walls, gates and foundations that are in need of repair. Please let us know when you would like for us to come. Our hope is to build relationship through our love for you and to impart strength and hope for your ‘New Beginning’ in this New Year.
“Be strong and courageous, for the Lord your God goes with you wherever you go”.
Delores Medley
LYN Mid-Atlantic Resource
Dear Leaders,
2008 has opened a new chapter in our lives; God is calling each of us to accept a new responsibility to lead people across the Jordan into the Promised Land. We must be willing to go forward to claim our spiritual inheritance. Every blessing God gives us comes with a measure of responsibility, and we need to take that responsibility seriously.
God has blessed our region with LYN; it is time to arise and posses the land God has given to each of us and to stand against the enemy. “If indeed you fulfill the royal law in accordance with the scripture, you shall love your neighbor as yourself, you do well”. James 2:8. God has given us the tool of His Love to bring the lost into the lighthouses in our Region. God had already given the Israelites the Promised Land, but they did have to fight for possession of it, so it is with the souls of those in our neighborhoods, cities, and towns. The Israelites had to believe that God would help them conquer the enemies who stood between them and the Promised Land, and they had to trust that He would miraculously get them across the strong, swift current of the Jordan River when it was so high that it was overflowing its banks. Not only did they have enemies to fight on their way to the Promised Land, they also had enemies to fight once they got there. Reach out to the lost, they represent the Promise Land, we must see as God sees.
I had the opportunity to share LYN with my church family during Christmas to reach out to the lost. We had (5) new births to take place. Joshua had to be courageous himself, but he also needed to inspire courage in the people. I pray that you, like Joshua, will be strong and courageous in your everyday life to possess the land of the hearts of lost souls. Press forward with boldness into everything God has for you.
I thank God for each of you and I am available to come and inspire you with God's love to reach out to those who are lost. I can be reached at (704) 422-3818 or e-mail
demed@ctc.net .
Love & Blessings,
Delores Medley- Mid-Atlantic LYN
WNC Prayer Team Shares……..
Comments
The wave is building (receeding from the beach but building to crash). Things will be worked out of people (no more “whiney” Christians”). This is not the year to be focused on ourselves but it’s about the BIG picture. Like Nehemiah, a sword in one hand and a brick in the other.
Carol Uselman- East Gate
Pray over the gates. Repair the breached walls like Nehemiah. Our walls have got to be strong; fortified. We can’t afford to have places where the enemy can come in. Move quickly in prayer; must be able to go forth (almost attack). We must be like watchman on the walls and covered (prayer arrows going back and forth). Receive and send forth quickly.
Dianne Childers- West Gate
John 20:18-23 - Vs. 22 -
And when he had said this, he breathed on them, and saith unto them, Receive ye the Holy Ghost; we need to receive his God breathed peace daily. Receive his peace in every situation.
Katie Thompson-North Gate
Pamela Smith – Area, VP Leadership Development
“Communication on the battlefield is the key to victory”
Ted Schroder
Many Blessings Movement of The Lord,
You and I have a daily choice to make: to eat from the tree of life (trusting God daily), and not the tree of knowledge of good and evil (this world’s experiences and worry).
As we each pursue the Kingdom of God and His purpose for WNC, we will each understand by and by that the power of His covenant is in AGREEMENT.
I would like to share two strategic points with you:
1) Dial in! (through Prayer, Word and Worship). And Remember that the enemy of our soul desires to keep us looking and living in the past (good or bad) and not moving forward.
There are many things (good and bad) to distract us from pursuing the Kingdom of God and what he is doing NOW. For example, many times I have thought to see the mighty moves of God from former times today, and although I am thankful to God for past moves of the Spirit, I can not move forward looking back. We must see God at work in our lives today and get involved with what He is doing NOW. God is so creative, and He desires us to fulfill our destiny in Him as living epistles for this dispensation, moving forward.
2) Remember to pray with the heart of God, releasing life and grace!
When we are judged by God, he provides conviction of that sin. Then life comes because we repent, giving us a way of escape, grace, life, and forgiveness.
However, when mankind judges a person, he seldom considers that… if it were not for God, we could be doing the same thing. And unlike God, we don’t usually extend mercy, grace, life, or a way of escape. Many friendships end because of an offense, grace was not extended, or a judgment demanding justification.
Let us remember to pray with the heart of God (for Islam, Israel, WNC, relationships, and etc.) bringing them with us to the alter of prayer by Spirit and AGREEMENT that God can bring conviction, repentance, forgiveness, life, mercy, grace, and a way of escape. Elijah House inspired.
Joyce McCarty – Area, VP Administration
God has created us for His glory. He wants us to be a reflection of His joy, love, compassion and grace so that people around us recognize Him at work in us.
God has been speaking to me concerning my vision and setting goals for this month and also for the year. Proverbs 29:18 says “… without a vision the people will perish.” God has been encouraging me to write my vision down, making it plain, and I would encourage you to do the same. Our vision can be broad and will keep us centered in what His desire is for us.
Jeremiah 29:11 say “For I know the plans I have for you….” God will help us capture His vision for our life, “plans for good and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.”
Goals will help us focus our efforts each day and plan our schedules. I know with more order in my day I am able to accomplish more with less energy used. The end result will bring balance to our lives. Remember that His primary purpose for us is to be more like Jesus, and to glorify Him in spirit, soul and body.
Ladies, I bless you with being filled with complete and overflowing joy, knowing that Jesus loves you as the Father loves Him. I bless you with that rich love of your Father.
I bless you with knowing deep in your spirit that your Father’s favor is upon you; He likes you; He enjoys you; He takes pleasure in who you are today, regardless of what you are doing or have done. I bless you with creative and unique reminders of your Father’s love for you. I bless you in the name of Jesus of Nazareth. Taken from “Blessing Your Spirit” by Arthur Burk.
Be Blessed Today
Love Letter for The Bride of Christ – Submitted by Delores Hendley
Note: While in prayer & fasting for a long period of time. The Lord gave me this Love Letter to the Bride of Christ.
I have Loved you with an Everlasting Love. You are mine. I have called and chosen you from the foundations of the world. You are mine! “MANY ARE CALLED, BUT FEW ARE CHOSEN.” I have you in the palm of my hand. Therefore you are protected from the enemy. There is a Bloodline around you that the enemy cannot penetrate. You must however stay under the Blood, Love me and keep my Commandments.
This is a new day, I say this is a new season. You must work while it is day for night comes and no one can work. A lot is at stake this season. Stay in your positions, and stay under the Blood. I am calling my Deborah’s to arise in this hour. Deborah’s I say unto you, ARISE! I am calling forth my Barak’s to come forth. Come forth Barak’s, I say unto you COME FORTH! Come forth Oh Mighty Men and Women of Valor, COME FORTH! The battle before you is very important both for Israel and the United States. The stakes are very high! Call forth the Intercessors! Intercessors take your places! Do not move off the wall, nor move out of position. Prayer and fasting must come up before me. Joel 2: 15, 17 tells us to pray, fast & weep between the porches and the altars that the heathen do not rule over your heritage, (Children).
I have called you to prayer and fasting to prepare you for the evil days ahead. You will surely face the enemy face to face in this season. You will assault the gates of hell. I say you shall be used in a greater measure than you have in years past. You will walk upright before me, you will have my whole armor on, you will have a sharp-two-edged sword in your mouth and the shield of faith in your hand to quench the fiery darts of the enemy. You are my bride without spot, wrinkle or blemish. You will carry my glory in the earth. You will use my name and walk in the light. You will have my power and my authority to build my kingdom in the earth. The devil knows who you are, I say, “yes the devil knows who you are.” Be not afraid for he also knows that I, the Greater One lives in you. I have the keys to death, hell and the grave. I give you the keys, I say I give you the keys to the Kingdom. You will have the power to bind (forbid) or loose (release) things in the earth and they will be bound or loosed in heaven. Walk, I say walk in that power! Church take the Keys, I say unto you take the Keys!
You are My Bride, My End-Time Army. I have raised you up for this hour and you shall shake the very foundations of hell and the demons will tremble. Gross darkness is covering the earth, but My Light, My Glorious Light is rising upon you, My Church, My Bride. You will not be afraid to speak to the very gates of hell. You will say, Oh gates of darkness fall down, Oh gates of darkness fall down, Oh gates of hell give way, Oh gates of hell give way. Oh gates of hell topple, Oh gates of hell topple. Give up, I say give up those that are bound in chains of darkness and iniquities, that are held in transgressions and sins.
Give them up I say Oh gates give them up! Give up our loved ones, give them up for the word says in Jude 1: 22, 23: And of some have compassion, making a difference. And others save with fear, pulling them out of the fire, hating even the garment spotted by the flesh.
I say I have call you to prayer and fasting for even Isaiah 58: 6 Says: Is not this the fast I have chosen? To loose the bands of wickedness to undo the heavy burdens and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke!
Our people must be delivered, the harvest must be set free. Matt. 17: 21 says
Howbeit this kind goeth not out but by prayer and fasting.
My Beloved Bride, know that I loved you so much that I gave my life in payment (ransom) for you.
In Rev. 4: 11 it tells that You are and you were created for my pleasure!
In Rev. 22: 4 it tells that My bride shall see my face and my name shall be in their forehead.
In Rev. 22: 17 it says that My Bride and Spirit will say Come, All that are athirst Come, let whosoever will Come!
In Rev. 22: 20 My Bride will be calling me to Come, Lord Jesus, Come!
In Rev. 19: 8 You will be arrayed in fine linen, clean and white. This will be your righteousness.
In Rev. 19: 7 it speaks of my marriage (The marriage of the Lamb) is coming and you, My wife will be made ready and I will be your husband!
In Rev. 21: 3 it says that you, Oh Bride will be adorned for your husband.
1 Thes. 4: 16, 17, & 18: it says: Be ready, be watching and waiting, For I shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the Archangel, and with the trump of God; the dead in Christ shall rise first, then those which are alive shall be caught up in the clouds to meet me in the air, and so shall they ever be with Christ. WHEREFORE COMFORT ONE ANOTHER WITH THESE WORDS.
Christ, the Bridegroom
Aglow International
P.O. Box 1749
Edmonds, WA 98020-1749, USA
Phone:
(425) 775-7282, ext. 205 or 206
(800)-755-2456, ext. 205 or 206
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